Daisy Lawless is production coordinator at Mukpuddy and multi-discipline filmmaker.
We discuss her early love of watching movies with her Dad, working her way up from *ugh* customer service to various roles in the world of film to finally achieving her goal of working in animation and how the most well-planned 48hour challenge team ever devised can still go awry.
Watch the 'Team Lagamorpha' 48hour film 'A Very Perry Parable' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsMAu7xsuFE
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Simon and Josh get reacquainted and chat about 'FURIOSA' and George Millers delightful indifference to continuity, Simon not being prepared to watch 'INSIDE OUT 2', why James Guns upcoming 'SUPERMAN: LEGACY' passes "the pants test" and Josh's 'CLONE HIGH' swan song project.
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Storyboard artist Daniel Zhang is leaving Mukpuddy and sat down to chat with us before his big move to Australia.
We chat about his youth in China and early influences, transitioning from industry work to teaching animation, pursuing varied hobbies to keep active and social, plus Simon, Josh and Dan compare how they keep their lives in perspective with diaries, calendars and self-addressed letters.
View Dan's portfolio at https://www.studioautomaton.com/
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In case you didn't get enough last week, Simon and Josh recorded what ended up being a very long discussion about the new Star Trek they've been enjoying (Picard s3, Strange New Worlds s2, Lower Decks s4 and Prodigy s1), plus the classic series we've revisited and the new frontier: Books!
This year to celebrate First Contact Day, Simon and Josh sit down to chat with the Trekkies of Mukpuddy.
2:08 ~ Dane and Lannie talk about 'Next Generation' and imagining a future beyond consumerism.
39:19 ~ Ethan talks about 'Voyagers' highs and lows.
1:11:05 ~ Nix shares their unusual 'Next Generation' rarepair and we chat about our favourite couples.
1:45:11 ~ Sean chats about the adventurous spirit of the Original Series as a casual Trekkie.
2:25:15 ~ Tea chats about her favourite characters and why she loves the outsiders.
2:55:19 ~ Daisy chats about 'Enterprise' and 'Lower Decks' and what makes an alien hot.
Simon and Josh have been busy this year but they're never to busy for a quick catchup to discuss all the great TV and movies they've been enjoying, such as the new Mr and Mrs. Smith series, Academy-Award winning oddball Frankenstein flick 'Poor Things', Nathan Fielder's 'The Curse', divisive darling 'Saltburn' and the middling return-to-romcom 'Anyone But You', plus we shoutout our exciting new sponsors.
Nix is an animator at Mukpuddy and a multi-discipline artist.
Nix chats with us about when animating clicked for them, mixing the macabre and the cartoony in their work, overcoming irony and embracing cringe and their many, many hobbies which includes but is not limited to painting, astronomy, fur-suiting and niche music genres.
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Teahi Maiau is a character and effects animator at Mukpuddy, as well as comics artist behind the webcomic 'Dawn Chorus'' and in her spare time customizes dolls and creates cosplay!
We chat with Tea about growing up in Tahiti, changing studies from graphic design to animation, moving countries with her partner and the demands of producing a webcomic while working in animation.
This episode was recorded last year as you'll probably notice when Simon and Josh derail to talk about this brand new Barbenheimer phenomenon. Have you heard about this yet??
Read Tea's webcomic 'Dawn Chorus' : https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/dawn-chorus/list?title_no=570852
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We start the new year with an interview from last year with Background artist Zoe Roberts about working regular jobs while persuing a career in the arts, their love of digital painting, their beloved pet Plum the cat, watching The Wire for the first time and Simon and Josh piece together their vague recollections of one of Zoe’s favourite franchises, Pokémon.
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2023, we hardly knew ye!
Tim Evans chats with us about the projects Mukpuddy has taken on this year and the expanding crew before Josh and Simon bring this podcasting year to a close with reflections on the great guests we've spoken to and with Bryn safely hospitalised, there's almost zero chance of a painful, punchy, Christmas segment.
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Josh and Simon are finally together again to recap Josh's visit to the United Kingdom, Europe and most importantly, Disneyland.
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Josh and Bryn surprise Simon with a surprise interview about his creative journey that lead him the charmingly named Stabville, Ireland to Mukpuddy studios, New Zealand.
We dive deep into Simon's varied artistic and professional turns as a poster child for beans, radio performer, make-up effects amateur , hotel night porter, ceramics student and sooner or later; animator!
Special thanks to Bryn for their inspiration and research behind this episode.
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Just a quick word from across the pond to let you know what’s
happening with the MukPod.
Stacey Has worn many hats over his extensive career in animation, from directing, animation supervising and rigging to name just a few. In this episode Stacey joins Josh and Simon to chat about how he got his start in the industry and some of the many shows he has worked on. We also talk about his traveling and working abroad leading teams in China, India, Italy and Qatar. And we find out what it was like to upskill the Mukpuddy crew in Toonboom Harmony.
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Today we welcome three new faces at Mukpuddy; Storyboard artist Del Hahn, supervising producer Polly Fryer and production coordinator Daisy L!
We chat with each of them about their new roles at the studio and what lead them here. All three have joined the crew for Mukpuddy's new series 'Badjelly'.
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Kale De Wild is a rigger and prop artist at Mukpuddy, Genue was recently hired on as a character designer and they create comics and illustrations, together and independently.
It takes us 3 minutes to bring up Star Trek which segues into a game show which allow us to discuss the phenomenon of fandom and tropes both bizarre and problematic. We also discuss Kale and Gen's shared universe of OC's, independent publishing and the convention circuits. We also discuss our shared knowledge of fast-food mascot lore.
Try the baby's first Star Trek quiz yourself or try it on your disgusting non-Trekkie friends: uquiz.com/PzCa1d
You can visit Kales website kalesbug.com/ and follow them @kalesbug on Instagram, @_kalesbug on twitter and support them at patreon.com/Kalesbug
You can visit Genue's website genuerevuelta.com/, follow them Instagram @genue_revuelta, Twitter @hrtbrokentweets and Tumblr @genuerevuelta
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Josh Nelson is background artist at Mukpuddy, art director at Auckland Zinefest and freelance illustrator.
We chat with Josh about jumping into the background department with no experience, volunteering as a social activity, sharing a name with someone you work with and the challenges of being a fan of the sketch show 'I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson'.
Find Josh through his website joshprobably.com/ and follow him Instagram @joshprobably
Auckland Zinefest 2023 kicks off Saturday August 5th. See the full schedule of events and artists at aucklandzinefest.com
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Robert Hartley is a professional Dungeon-master, Game-master, Streamer, Actor and Mathematician.
Rob chats with Simon and Josh about Dungeons and Dragons and the world of Tabletop Roleplaying Games at large, plus comparing our respective crazy nicknames, studying mathematics on the road to becoming a professional Game-master and we talk about our friend Mike a lot.
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Simon and Josh chat with the creative leads behind Mukpuddy's new original kid-friendly horror-comedy series 'Night Eyes'
Ryan Cooper (Writer, Creator, Voice Artist) chats about the inception of the series, finding inspiration in bad ghost-documentary shows and colourful '80s horror, the fun of casting local comedians as the Night Eyes crew.
Alex Leighton (Character Designer, Art Director, Creator) chats about why he loves non-human characters, choosing specific New Zealand animals for the main cast and the thrill of designing truly terrifying creatures.
Tim Evans (Writer, Creator) chats about how everything he writes is secretly horror, starting from scratch when an episode idea isn't working and the importance of music and sound design to create a spooky atmosphere.
Matt Haworth (Background Supervisor, Art Director,) chats about creating and planning the show's organic, nocturnal, and human-free world, also how horror can help kids learn to deal with the existential.
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This episode we're having a special chat about 'Project Nought', a new young-adult sci-fi graphic novel written and illustrated by Mukpuddy's own Chelsey Furedi.
We chat with Chelsey and Matt Haworth about the story origins as a web-comic, the benefits and burdens of working with a publisher and go-through
the book's design and narrative, discussing the entire story chapter by chapter.
SPOILERS BEGIN 46:15
Get your copy of Project Nought and listen along to our discussion: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/project-nought-chelsey-furedi?variant=40489128853538
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